“Even in a city renowned for its bleeding heart, there is a breaking point,” Liz Le wrote in The Voice of San Francisco — “a collective exasperation with those who weaponize our compassion to fuel a crisis.” As Betsy McCaughey has observed in these pages, the federal Insurrection Act gives the president sweeping power to use the National Guard — or active-duty federal troops — to protect citizens whenever he considers that local conditions are infringing on those citizens’ statutory and constitutional rights, or obstructing federal law enforcement. The application of the act is left to the president’s discretion (“whenever he considers”), as is the means of its employment (“as he considers necessary”).
Author: Glenn H. Reynolds
Published at: 2025-10-14 22:13:58
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